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Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs
Date	2026-10-29 17:24 +1100
Message-ID	<op.3xxyq4wvbyq249@pvr2.lan> (permalink)
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On Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:26:57 +1100, Brock McNuggets  
<brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 28 Oct 2026, Rod Speed wrote in <op.3xxtfp07byq249@pvr2.lan>:
>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:29:43 +1100, Brock McNuggets
>> <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Oct 25, 2026 at 12:17 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote in
>>> 11bkaeg$3d3da$1@dont-email.me:
>>>> On 10/24/2026 8:35 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You'd be bored with a Mac. The fact that you suddenly don't need
>>>>>>> to constantly fix your computer's software or hardware means that
>>>>>>> you can actually use it to do something.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For me, a WinARM laptop might be just as good. But it's a strong
>>>>>> sector for Apple, no question about it. The MBP despite having an
>>>>>> OS I don't prefer is a masterpiece.
>>>>>
>>>>> Once you get used to MacOS, it's hard to consider going back. I
>>>>> just like the fact that the computer always performs at the same
>>>>> rate. With every PC I've ever owned, it's fast for a while, slows
>>>>> down, speeds up, goes back to being fast, freezes, runs slows, goes
>>>>> fast again, etc.. With the Mac, there is only one speed: fast.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I get that. But Windows software is better, to me.
>>>
>>> Any specific examples?
>>
>> Most obviously usenet clients and access in Office

> I am working on that for macOS. LOL! What do you use on Windows?

Opera Mail

> What   features do you like in a Usenet client?

Nice fast downloading of the headers when changing
newsgroup and being able to see just a subset by
keyword of the headers and having headers marked
as read with crossposts once I have read one instance

> If you check my headers you
> will see I am using the utterly unknown, unreleased Loom GS... a client
> I am developing and might someday sell.

I donf buy usenet clients

> I have used Access, but when I did database work I preferred FileMaker
> Pro. It certainly had a lot of areas where it's data model was lacking,
> but for ease of use and ease of making UIs for people to work with it
> was second to none.

I need a lot of power in database design and form design, a decenf
programming language and debugger and to be able to set alarms
in outlook

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Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-23 08:15 -0400
  Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-10-23 08:34 -0400
  Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-23 10:37 -0400
    Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-23 11:17 -0400
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-23 16:22 -0400
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 15:14 +1100
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-24 15:37 -0400
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-24 20:35 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-25 03:17 -0400
            Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-25 01:29 -0700
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-25 05:15 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-25 02:30 -0700
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 15:29 +1100
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-28 22:26 -0700
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 17:24 +1100
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 07:04 -0700
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-30 03:17 +1100
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 10:45 -0700
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 15:07 +1100
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-29 08:01 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-30 03:07 +1100
            Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-29 14:02 -0400
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-30 07:41 +1100
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-29 16:47 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-29 17:22 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-29 18:33 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-29 12:12 -0400
  Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-23 18:02 +0200
    Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-23 17:03 -0400
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-10-23 23:25 +0000
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-23 19:51 -0400
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-24 15:24 +0200
    Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-23 21:13 -0400
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-10-24 02:05 +0000
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-24 15:23 +0200
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-24 13:48 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-24 20:30 -0400
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-24 20:27 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-24 22:58 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-26 20:29 +0100
            Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-26 15:45 -0400
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-26 20:05 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-26 20:14 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-26 20:38 -0400
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-28 15:51 +0100
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-28 15:16 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-28 16:53 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-28 17:05 -0400

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